diff --git a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
index 90b6edc63..7c5e80597 100644
--- a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
+++ b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ VGS=${sbindir}/vgs
 LVS=${sbindir}/lvs
 
 LOCK_FILE="/var/lock/subsys/$DAEMON"
-PID_FILE="/var/run/dmeventd.pid"
+PID_FILE="@DMEVENTD_PIDFILE@"
 
 WARN=1
 export LVM_SUPPRESS_LOCKING_FAILURE_MESSAGES=1